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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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