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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes 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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