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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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