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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly 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 many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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