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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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