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 is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online education are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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