MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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