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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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