MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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