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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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