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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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