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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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