MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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