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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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