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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews 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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