MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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