MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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