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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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