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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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