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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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