MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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