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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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