MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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