MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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