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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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