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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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 massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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