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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Austria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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