MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
commonly 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 variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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