MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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