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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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