MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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