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 is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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