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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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