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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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