MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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