MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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