MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
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 a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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