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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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