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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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