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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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