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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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