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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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