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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly 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 a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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