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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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