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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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