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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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