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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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