MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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