MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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