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.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes 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
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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