MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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