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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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