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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily 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
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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