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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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