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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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