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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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