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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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