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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning are empowering
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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