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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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