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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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