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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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