MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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