MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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