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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
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
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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