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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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