MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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