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
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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