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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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