MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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