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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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