MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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