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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
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 having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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