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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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