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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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