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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 many
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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