MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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