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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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