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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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