MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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