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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 several
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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