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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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