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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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