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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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