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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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