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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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