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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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