MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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