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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|