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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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