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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
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
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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