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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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