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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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