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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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