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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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