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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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