MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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