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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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