MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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