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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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