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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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