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.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|