MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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