MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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