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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning enable
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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