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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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