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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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