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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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