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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
elearning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students 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 many
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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