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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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