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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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