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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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