MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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