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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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