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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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