MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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