MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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