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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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