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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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