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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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