MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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