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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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