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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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