MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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