MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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