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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important 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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