MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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