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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important 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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