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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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