MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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