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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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