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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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