MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Panama to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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