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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually 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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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