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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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