MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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