MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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