MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students 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 lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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