MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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