MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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