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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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