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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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