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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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