MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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