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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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