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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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