MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes 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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