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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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