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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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