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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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