MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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