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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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