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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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