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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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