MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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