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
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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