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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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