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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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