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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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