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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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