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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses 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 quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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