MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning enable
learners
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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