MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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