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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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