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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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