MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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