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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
major 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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