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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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