MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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