MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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