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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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