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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
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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