MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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