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 impressive 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).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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