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.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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