MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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