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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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