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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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