MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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