MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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