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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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