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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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