MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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