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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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