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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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