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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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