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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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