MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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