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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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