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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
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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