MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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