MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always 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 many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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