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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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