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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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