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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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