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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education have enabled
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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