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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
online education are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online 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 numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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