MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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