MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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