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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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