MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major 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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