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
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students 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
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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