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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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