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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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