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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These online MOOCs are
customarily 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
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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