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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key 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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