MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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