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.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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