MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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