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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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