MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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