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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally 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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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