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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
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 several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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