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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
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
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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