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.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
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
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important 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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