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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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