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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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