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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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