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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers 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 business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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