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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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