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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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