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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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