MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes 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 a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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