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
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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