MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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