MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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