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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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