MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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