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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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