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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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