MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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