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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically 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
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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