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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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