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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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