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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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