MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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