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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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