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
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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