MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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