MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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