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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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