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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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