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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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