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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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