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 is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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