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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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