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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
normally 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 a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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