MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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