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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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