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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
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 issues.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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