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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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