MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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