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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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