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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally 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 a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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