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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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