MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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