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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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