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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses 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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