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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major 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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