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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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