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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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