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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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