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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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