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.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning enable
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massive open online courses are
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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