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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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