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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly 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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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