MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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