MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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