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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Chad to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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