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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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