MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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