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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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