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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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