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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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