MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners 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 several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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