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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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