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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part 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 online MOOC courses are
normally 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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