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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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