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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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