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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses 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.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Guyana to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important 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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