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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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