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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
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 MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
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 education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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