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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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