MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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