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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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