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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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