MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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