MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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