MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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