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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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