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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Benin to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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