MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students 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 a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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