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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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