MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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