MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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