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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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