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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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