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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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