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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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