MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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