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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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