MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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