MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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