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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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