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.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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