MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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