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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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