MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education are empowering
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students 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 many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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