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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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