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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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