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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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