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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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