MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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