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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly 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
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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