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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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