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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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