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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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 massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
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
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Norway to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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