MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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