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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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