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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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