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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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