MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online education have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Romania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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