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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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