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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes 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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