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.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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