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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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