MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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