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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education are empowering
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Oman to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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