MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
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 lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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