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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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