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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
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.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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