MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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