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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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