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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key 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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