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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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