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.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students 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 variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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