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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
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 a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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