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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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