MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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