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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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