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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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