MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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