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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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