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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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