MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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