MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners 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 education institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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