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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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