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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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