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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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