MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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