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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically 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 many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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