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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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