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 Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
e-learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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