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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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