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
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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