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.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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