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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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