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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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