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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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