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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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