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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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