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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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