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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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