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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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