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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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