MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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