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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|