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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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