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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|