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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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