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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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