MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key 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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