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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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