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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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