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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
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 numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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