MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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