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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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