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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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