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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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