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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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