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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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