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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|