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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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