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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students 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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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