MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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