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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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