MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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