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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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