MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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