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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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