MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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