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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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