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
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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