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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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