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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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