MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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