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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niue to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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