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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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