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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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