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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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