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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC 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 many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|