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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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