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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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