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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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