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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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