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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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