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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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