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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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