MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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