MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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