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.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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