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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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