MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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