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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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