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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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