MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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