MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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