MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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