MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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