MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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