MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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