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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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