MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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