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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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