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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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