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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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