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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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