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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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