MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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