MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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