MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
normally 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 quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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