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.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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