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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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