MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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