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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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