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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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