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.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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