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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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