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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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