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 Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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