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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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