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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically 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 many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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