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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
major 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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