MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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