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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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