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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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