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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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