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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about 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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