MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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