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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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