MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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