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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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