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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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