MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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