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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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