MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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