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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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