MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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