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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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