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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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