MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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