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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
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.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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