MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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