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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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