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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also considers the
most important 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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