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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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