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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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