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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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