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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|