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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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