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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning enable
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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