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.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners 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 numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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