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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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 many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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