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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews 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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