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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
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 quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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