MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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