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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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