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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
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.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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