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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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