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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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