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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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