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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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