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.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iran to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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