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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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