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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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