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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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