MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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