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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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