MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally 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 a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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