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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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