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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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