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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically 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 variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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