MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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