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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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