MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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