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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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