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.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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