MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
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 a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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