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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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