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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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