MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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