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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly 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 several
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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