MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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