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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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