MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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