MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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 numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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