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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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