MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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