MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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