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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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