MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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