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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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