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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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 variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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